The COMELEC today inked a memorandum of agreement with the Department of the Interior and Local Government, to ensure that only election winners who have properly filed their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures with the COMELEC will be able to assume office. Under the terms of the agreement, the DILG will require elected officials to […]
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Mar
Mar
To all who lost their moms early but turned out to be great moms anyway… To all who never had children of their own because they had to take care of their brothers and sisters and, sometimes, their fathers too … To all who sacrificed their dreams to turn houses – from the perfumed mansions […]
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Mar
Mar
The day I arrived in Kenya, I saw a country that looked pretty much as I had expected it, based on what I’ve seen in the pages of National Geographic. As an aside, yes, I suppose it dates me that I talk about reading NG, rather than about watching anything on NGC. Dry, dusty roads, […]
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Mar
Mar
As an aside, I had wanted to do a photoblog type of thing for this trip, but one day into it, I’ve already run into some difficulties, including a tumblog that refuses to post to twitter, the scarcity of good wifi in the places I’ve been to so far, and an unreasoning fear of bill-shock […]
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Feb
Feb
Tweeps are the cousins of fraggles Nowhere near as famous as them tho. They live up in the Marjowy twees High above the jungle flo.’ At dawn, these tweeps, arise from the bower And gather the dew drops, from every single tweetop flower. With verve and vigor, they whistle with all their power Except for Milwhup, […]
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Feb
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The COMELEC today promulgated Resolution No. 9366, entitled the “Rules and Regulations Governing the: 1) Filing of Petitions for Registration; 2) Filing of Manifestation of Intent to Participate; 3) Submission of Names of Nominees; and 4) Filing of Disqualification Cases Against Nominees of Party-List Groups or Organizations Participating Under the Party-list System of Representation, in […]
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Feb
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there once was a peanut who pondered, “it’s tough to be me but I know I would do so well If I can bust out of my shell And stay away from that guy with the beer gut.”
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Feb
Feb
This will always cheer me up.
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Feb
Feb
The COMELEC today, 8 Feruary 2012, via COMELEC Resolution No. 9359 promulgated the following: 1. That any party-list group duly registered under the party-list system of representation, desiring to participate in the May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections shall file with the Commission, a Manifestation of Intent to Participate in the Party-List Election, together […]
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Feb
Feb
Seriously. Who even remembers pen and paper role-playing games anymore? In college and the first three years of law school, me and a bunch of fellas used to converge every evening at a place called Bamboo behind the UST Main Building. It’s not there anymore; a perfect example of paradise paved over. There, we would […]